https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/whats-difference-tpes-vs-silicones?ind[]=6598
Colors
Liquid colorants will produce transparent, translucent and tinted color.
Solid colorants are better for generating highly opaque colors—including metallic, pearlescent and glow-in-the-dark colors—or patterns and effects, like marbling, wood or camouflage.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/whats-difference-tpes-vs-silicones?ind[]=6601
Colors
Liquid colorants will produce transparent, translucent and tinted color.
Solid colorants are better for generating highly opaque colors—including metallic, pearlescent and glow-in-the-dark colors—or patterns and effects, like marbling, wood or camouflage.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/whats-difference-tpes-vs-silicones?rtype[]=1164
Colors
Liquid colorants will produce transparent, translucent and tinted color.
Solid colorants are better for generating highly opaque colors—including metallic, pearlescent and glow-in-the-dark colors—or patterns and effects, like marbling, wood or camouflage.
https://www.avient.com/investor-center/news/polyone-announces-promotion-robert-t-bindner-president-performance-products-solutions
predecessor company BF Goodrich in 1988 and thereafter ascended in his career through various sales and commercial roles of increasing responsibility – in PP&S; Color, Additives & Inks; and Distribution.
Most recently he served as Vice President and General Manager for Color and Additives in the Americas.
He has played an instrumental role in the transformation of our Color segment, and I am excited to have him now lead PP&S."
https://www.avient.com/industries/packaging/personal-care-packaging
Avient’s color and additive solutions get your product noticed on the shelf and help reflect your consumer’s life style.
Color Cosmetics
Color is the first thing consumers see on the shelf.
https://www.avient.com/industries/healthcare/labware-diagnostics
Our polymer solutions and engineering materials include colorants for identification and differentiation, additives for added properties and functionalities, and thermoplastics that can withstand harsh chemicals and reagents.
Color Cosmetics
Make your lab and POCT in vitro diagnostic devices safe, accurate and easy to use with healthcare dedicated color and additive polymer solutions and thermoplastics.
https://www.avient.com/news/polyone-ultraviolet-light-barrier-technology-advances-packaged-food-and-beverage-protection-china
This additive technology can increase shelf life of a product in a container by decreasing the harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV) light on the taste, odor, and color of food and beverages without compromising container clarity.
It can be combined with liquid colorant to offer an all-in-one color and barrier formulation with visible light protection up to 595nm.
https://www.avient.com/news/pet-friendly-soft-touch-design-delivers-remarkable-fundraising-dog-toy
The material’s soft feel, resilience, durability and striking colors, combine help to differentiate the distinctively designed WO|Bone from other dog toys.
Low specific gravity allows the WO|Bone to float for water retrieval and play, and the material’s excellent colorability allowed the company to feature the four bright hues of the Ethiopian flag as a market differentiator.
In addition to supplying different grades of Dynaflex TPE to WO Design for testing purposes, PolyOne provided color selection expertise.
https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/processing-enhancement-additives/cesa-denesting-additives
OnColor™ NIR Sortable Colorants
Color and Additives Solutions Overview
Colorant and additives overview and capabilities
https://www.avient.com/news/polyone-enables-next-generation-wearable-phone-locator-kids-filip-technologies
Further, PolyOne colorants bring the material to life with dynamic colors such as Superhero Blue, Watermelon Red, Limesicle Green, and Awesome Orange.
PolyOne's specialty TPE and colorant solutions stand up to the demands of active kids during outdoor play and sports, staying bright and maintaining material performance attributes.